There are 1,100 trees here and I think about a hundred have been killed outright and probably 75 per cent of them show infections but there are a few individuals that do not seem to get it. It seems almost impossible to inoculate them. We are letting the disease run its way purely through elimination. It is only those that can stand it through a series of years that are supposed to be worth anything at all. Probably no species is immune from it; I do not think we can use the word "immunity" in connection with it. The party then visited the old Jefferson place at Marietta, and viewed the immense pecan trees which were given to Judge Duval by Thomas Jefferson. Thence to Mr Littlepage's plantation. MR. LITTLEPAGE: These trees are set 100 by 120. The Butterick is a good grower. There is a great difference in the growth of the cultivated and the uncultivated ones. I would quit working about the first of August. The first of August here they are growing actively. Question: Is that the habit of the pecan to set a crop and then drop off? MR. LITTLEPAGE: Yes, young trees will do that. This is a typical Busseron. They were all sprinkled with nuts; this tree had fifty nuts on this spring. There are some caterpillars on the Stuart. This is the work of the caterpillars on the Stuart. It set a number of nuts. This Greenriver is a little larger than the Major. It is one of the prettiest nuts, one of our medium sized northern pecans. The Greenriver grows in a forest in the Green River district in Kentucky. This is the first transplanted pecan tree this far north that has grown nuts. DR. MORRIS: In two or three years you will have a crop on them. MR. LITTLEPAGE: That is a Major, they grow like the Cedars of Lebanon. You don't see a winter-killed twig on a tree. They were full of nuts this spring. MR. MORRIS: That is so thrifty and so hardy that it might have some species of hickory in it. MR. LITTLEPAGE: The Stabler black walnut is much better than the Thomas. All black walnuts are reasonably easy to propagate. I have them all around over the farm; I stick pecans around the fences, or wherever I have a space. This chestnut is a European variety. It bears a big striped nut. It tastes a little better than the sweet potato. DR. MORRIS: It is good for cooking. It is the same as the Marron. MR. LITTLEPAGE: They are the Indiana hazels, and this is an European filbert. EVENING SESSION THURSDAY OCTOBER 7 1920 8 P. M. The convention was called to order by the President, Mr. Linton, at 8 o'clock. THE PRESIDENT: The presentation of the next speaker will be made by Mr. Littlepage.